EDUCATION

Islamic schools in midst
of leadership crisis(ABC
News) May 8 - Australia's leading Islamic schools are in the midst of a leadership
crisis, with school principal sackings, accusations of mismanagement of
taxpayer funds, slipping standards and concerns they are becoming more
hardline.

INTERNATIONAL
STORIES

Islam

Danish editor slams US
'political correctness' on cartoons (The West Australian) May 5 - Copenhagen (AFP) - The Danish editor who commissioned the Mohammed
cartoons that triggered deadly protests a decade ago said Monday the failed
attack on a Texas cartoon exhibition won't change how "politically
correct" Americans feel about the drawings.

Bangladesh uses 'sacred
Arabic' to stop peeing in public (The
West Australian) May 6 - Dhaka (AFP) - For years authorities in Bangladesh have battled to stop
men urinating in public, with signs in the local Bengali language failing to
halt the seemingly endless number of offenders.

Erdogan plays religion
card in tight Turkey polls (The
West Australian) May 9 - Ankara (AFP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has
controversially turned religion into a campaign issue in the officially secular
country's upcoming polls, which promise to be the biggest election challenge
yet for the ruling party.

Judaism

Hardline Israel
government emerges, angering Palestinians (The West Australian) May 7 - Jerusalem (AFP) - After reaching a late-night deal on a new coalition,
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu signed an agreement Thursday giving a senior role
to the far-right Jewish Home that firmly opposes a Palestinian state.